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Infective hookworm larvae ofAncylostoma caninum showed chemotaxis when applied on agar plates in a dog serum gradient. The factor(s) that caused this chemotaxis was thermostable and dialysable against PBS. Using ultrafiltration to separate dog serum in several fractions each with a different molecular weight, it was shown that the factor(s) causing chemotaxis had a molecular weight less than 500 Dalton.
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Wauters, H.W., Klaver-Wesseling, J.C.M. & Vetter, J.C.M. The effect of ultrafiltrated and dialysed dog serum on the chemotaxis of infective hookworm larvae ofAncylostoma caninum . Z. Parasitenkd. 68, 305–311 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927408
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